Storm window construction



Sept. 23, 1947. w. M. KRANTz STORM WINDOW CONSTRUCTION Filed Oct. 24, 1945 INVENTOR.`

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Walter M. Krantz, Youngstown, Ohio, assignor to Ace Storm Window Company, Youngstown, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application October 24, 1945, Serial No. 624,165

This invention relates to a storm Window construction and more particularly to the formation of combination, interchangeable sash units employed therein.

The principal object of the inventionis the provision of a storm window construction incorporating sash units having means formed thereon facilitating their storage adjacent the storm window.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a storm window construction includinginterchangeable screen and glazed sash units.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a storm window construction including a master frame having interlocking sash carrying members for the receptionof interchangeable glazed and screened units and including means facilitating the storage of either the glazed or the screened sash.

The storm Window construction illustrated and.

described herein has been devised to form a simple and efcient means of providing for athand storage of interchangeable glazed or screened sash units as employed with storm window constructions of the combination type.v It is known in the art that several storm window constructions have been devised which provide a master frame capable of being mounted on a.

4 Claims. (Cl. Ai60- 91) Window opening as,. for example, on a dwelling house, and which master frame is adapted to receive in operative' relation thereinone or more removable glazed or screened sash inserts'so that the master frame may be employed for the positioning of the glazed inserts in forming a weather-tight storm window and Aalso be em'-v ployed for receiving a screened sash insert depending on the season of the year. In the past it h as been common to provide this type of storm window with one glazed upper sash which is usually left in the master frame throughout the year, and to provide one glazed lower sash for use in themaster frame during the winter and one interchangeable screened sash for use in` place of the lower glazed sash in the summer. The present invention relates to the formation of the sash and particularly the normal lower glazed sash fand the interchangeable screenedsash in a manner so that each serves as a means struction hereinafter described and claimed, it

.being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the' invention. f

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical side cross sectional view with parts broken away illustrating a combination storm window construction and interchangeable glazed 'and screened sash.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross section with parts broken awayillustrating a combination' storm window construction and interchangeable glazed and screened sash taken substantially on line 2--2 on Figure 3.

Figure 3 is a partial front elevational viewof n p the storm window construction illustrated in Fig ures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional detail of the sash framing member illustrated in Figures I and 2,

taken substantially on line of Figure .5.

Figure 5 is a partial elevational view of the sash framing member illustrated in Figure 4.

By referring to the drawings and Figures 1, v2 i and 3 in particular', it will be seen that a storm window has been disclosed which consists of a master frame IIl .adapted for installation onthe exterior of a window opening. The master frame I0 includes a plurality of sash receiving meml, bers II which' form is disclosed in my copending ior retaining the other in elevated relation and Y thereby provides a simple: and leiiicient meansof storage.

With the foregoing ,and other-objects in View s which will appear as the ldescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of conpatent application on Storm Sash, Serial No. 609,- 455, filed August 7, 1945. These sash lreceiving members II- form channels I2 and I3"for the reception of lower and upper sash I4 and I5, respectively, the lower sash I4 (in Figure 1) being provided with screening material andl being interchangeable with va third sash I4A provided with glazing material. The third sash I4A which is interchangeable with the sash I4 is illustrated inv Figurel in elevated, stored position andis shown resting onl theuppermost section of the sash I4 by means'fof engaging T-headed sections i6 and I 6A, respectively, formed horizontally on the upper and lowermost sections of each of the 'InfFig'ureZ of the drawings the sash I4 and IIIAv are shown inreversed position, the glazed sashI4A being shownin position inthe lower portion of the storm window constructionwhere in conjunction with the upper glazed Vsash I5 it' forms Van `eflici'ent weather-tight storm window.`

In Figure 2 the screened sash I4 is shown in stored position, the engaging T-headed sections I6 and` IGA serving to hold it in theposition shown in exactly the same manner as the glazed sash I4A is held in elevated `position on the screened sash I4 in Figure 1. The extra sash when in the above mentioned stored position may be leaned at its upper end against the adjacent window vframe and may be retained there. if desired, by a suitably located hook or turnbutton, 'not shown.

It will thus be seen that by providing a storm window construction incorporating a pair of glazed sash I4A and I5 that anl eicient storm window may be formed for winter use and that the formation of the sash framing members employed in forming the sash I4 and I4A.enable the extra screened sash I4 to be stored during the winter immediatelyinside the upper sash I5 and that during the summer time the positions of the sash I4 and I4A may be reversed and the glazed sash I4A stored in the window construction itself. The T-headed sections i6 and IGA are illustrated in greater detail in Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings wherein cross sectional and plan elevations arc given, it being observed that the section I6 includes an inner channel II for the reception of the glazing unit or the screening unit and an outer channel I8 which registers with the channel I2 in the sash receiving members Il. The T-headed sections I6 are formed on two of the sections of cut and mitered material used in forming the sash frames, the lower horizontal section and the upper horizontal section thereby providing the means enabling the extra sash, either screened or glazed, to be stored in the storm window construction. y

In Figure 3 of the drawings a plan view of the interior of the storm Window construction is illustrated and indicates the attractive appearance of the glazed sash 14A and screened sash I4, the screened sash I4 being stored in elevated position, it being observed that the T-headed sections IB form a convenient handle member facili tating the handling of the interchangeable screened and glazed sash I4 and 14A, respectively. Y

It will thus be seen that by providing a storm window construction formed in accordance with this disclosure and including the T-headed sections I6 and IBA formed horizontally on portions of the framing members employed in forming the sash I4 and I4A, respectively, the sash may be interchangeable and stored in the window construction simply and efllciently and the T-headed sections form handles convenient to the operator of the storm window as well. The construction disclosed eliminates the necessity of removing the Number glazed or screened lower sash I4 or I4A and storing it elsewhere in the premises. It thereby contributes to a more desirable storm window construction than has heretofore been known in the art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A storm window assembly comprising in combination a master frame having a plurality of sash guides registrable therewith forming -sash receiving channels, a pair of glazed sash removably positioned in said channels and an extra interchangeable screened sash for alternate location in one o'f said channels, means formed on at `least one of said removable glazed sash and on the said extra screened sash for mutual engagement for facilitating storage of the extra screened sash in elevated position in the said storm window assembly.

2. A storm window assembly comprising in combination a master frame, a pair of glazed sash removably 'positioned in the said master frame and an eXtra interchangeable screen sash for alternate location in the said master frame, means formed on the said glazed sash and on the said extra screened sash for interengagement for iacilitating storage of the extra sash in elevated position in the said storm window assembly.

3. In a storm window assembly including a master frame having means for receiving a pair of removable glazed sash and an interchangeable extra screened sash, means formed on one of said glazed sash and the extra sash engageable with one another for facilitating storage of the extra sash in elevated position in the said storm window assembly.

4. In a storm window including a, frame and a plurality of interchangeable sash, including at least two glazed sash and one screened sash, means for storing one of the said sash in the storm window, said means consisting of T-headed extensions formed on the top and bottom rails of certain of said sashand adapted to engage each other to retain at least one of the said sash in elevated relation to the others in the said frame.

WALTER M. KRANTZ.

REFERENCES crrED The following references are of record in the iile of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Kirkpatrick Aug. 29, 1944 

